“I understand her immediately. She is an instigator, a fire starter, an accelerant of a human being, throwing herself into the middle of a crowd and lighting it up. She is fucking lighter fluid.” — Marjorie Celona Copy Share Image
“She was fierce, quick to anger, her temper terrifying and unpredictable, her words deeply damaging when she wanted them to be. Because she had almost no need for people, she had no trouble hurting them. It seemed to enlarge her,… — Marjorie Celona Copy Share Image
Don’t believe anything anyone tells you. You have to evaluate the world with your own eyes. — Marjorie Celona Copy Share Image
“Knowing the story doesn't make it any better. We get what we're given, nothing more, nothing less.” — Marjorie Celona Copy Share Image
“See, we're intellectual equals. I am as smart as your mother, and she is as smart as me. This is a problem. There's no… — Marjorie Celona Copy Share Image
“Vaughn plucks the wishbone from what's left of the chicken and holds it out for me to reach. It's the one thing in life… — Marjorie Celona Copy Share Image
“Y That perfect letter. The wishbone, fork in the road, empty wineglass. The question we ask over and over. Why? Me with my arms outstretched, feet in first position. The chromosome half of us don't have. Second to last in the alphabet: almost there. Coupled with an L, let's make an adverb. A modest X, legs closed. Y or N?… — Marjorie Celona Copy Share
“We'll get to know each other bit by bit, and each time we meet shell tell me a little more about the circumstances of her life, and on and on we'll continue to probe, in an effort, I suppose, to reach the end of each other. Yet if we did--if we knew everything there was to know--we would become the… — Marjorie Celona Copy Share
“He's a little less cool than Jude--a little lower on the social ladder. He wears the same uniform as Jude, the checked shirt and… — Marjorie Celona Copy Share Image
“When you're in the thick of your life, it feels like a mess--one surprise after the next. But later, when you look back on… — Marjorie Celona Copy Share Image
For the long-limbed trees and watery landscape of Vancouver Island, read Hundreds and Thousands. Setting aside, who can resist a woman who lived in… — Marjorie Celona Copy Share Image
“I understand her immediately. She is an instigator, a fire starter, an accelerant of a human being, throwing herself into the middle of a… — Marjorie Celona Copy Share Image
